If the incredible hype and marketing push that is going on around the computer world is to be believed, then Palit’s Revolution 700 Deluxe will be the world’s single most powerful HD graphics card to date. Built around the industry-advancing technology of the Radeon HD 4870 X2 architecture, the new Revolution 700 Deluxe card takes that rig a step further by allowing it to be fully customised to the user's personal specifications. According to the company, it will cost you about £360 to be a part of the Palit Revolution, and you can see for yourself if this is the real deal or a clever PR campaign.

The enthusiasm and bravado coming out of Palit with regard to its new video card are so over the top that it starts to become a bit off-putting. Palit’s claim that all other cards should beware seems a bit silly, but maybe there is some truth behind the brash confidence. The Revolution’s cores can over clock to 750Mhz and 2GB of GDDR5 memory, and all of it is done at a mind-blowing 3.8Ghz. To put it simply, that is a very imposing clock speed, one that will render graphics and power your desktop to new heights. The Revolution 700 Deluxe will support DisplayPort, HDMI, Dual link DVI, and VGA video, which is a collection that is quite possibly without rival among Palit’s competition. Lastly, the dual GPUs, which provide X2 ultimate performance, allow the Deluxe 700 to bring better core and memory speed to the card.

With a graphics card running on this kind of speed, it is obviously imperative that you have a serious means of keeping your computer from overheating. Thankfully, one of the main selling points on the Palit Revolution Deluxe 700 is the card’s cooling system. Palit has combined two pulse width modulated low noise fans with four heat pipes, which would probably keep a nuclear reactor from melting down, let alone your graphics card. Depending on the load that you’re running through the card, the fan will speed up or slow down to adequately keep the heat at a minimal level. You can smart shift between sonic and turbo speeds with the peace of mind that you will not melt your computer right before your eyes.